Stony Creek

Stony Creek is a named coastal stop on Booderee's south coast, where a short path leads to a small cove and tidal rock pools. If you want a brief swim or snorkel and don't need a broad sandy beach, this is a better fit than a beach day: visitors describe clear, sheltered water behind a low rock rim, and the sandy patch is very small.

The separate car park is followed by a short, narrow, rocky path. One visitor estimated about 200 metres; the mapped footpath is compacted. Stony Creek Road is unsealed, but a 4WD isn't needed. Expect a rougher coastal approach than a paved beach car park.

These are tidal pools, not still basins. As the tide rises, swell can wash over the rocks and flush the pools; visitors also mention snorkeling in the clearer water at low tide. For a photo, keep the dark rock shelves in the foreground and the low wave-washed rim behind them: that shows how the pool is sheltered from the open ocean. Water entry and footing depend on the conditions, and no safe entry point is marked in the sources checked.

Across the Bherwerre Peninsula, Permian marine-origin sandstone, siltstone and conglomerate are exposed in coastal platforms and creek beds. That's broader peninsula geology rather than a date for this particular pool, but it is the context for the rough, layered shore around the cove.